Tag - pre-production

All the things! Pre-production is such a whirlwind, even for a three day shoot. Wardrobe, locations, crafty, meals, paperwork, insurance, equipment, props, shot lists, shooting schedules, call sheets, FX make-up, stunts, rehearsals, gear.
Both of us being early birds, Julia and I have been taking pre-production meetings for OUT OF SOUND at 5:30AM...

My friend and screenwriting peer from my days at UVic, Julia Dillon-Davis, has kindly brought me on to produce her short film OUT OF SOUND. This will be her directing debut and I’m so stoked for her.
A coming of age story, her dramatic script focuses on a three pre-teens who get lost on a mountainous trail while skipping school. Julia has...

Inspired by the films at the St John’s International Women’s Film Festival, I’ve decided to shoot a bare bones short film up island in the new year up. Entitled, COLD CAMPING, it will star Erin Keller (NO BREATH PLAY) and shot by Daniel Carruthers. So very excited.

Met with Arnold Lim and new-to-the team, Associate Producer, Adam Andrusiak, to discuss a fall production schedule for WATCHING SOMETHING PRIVATE. Final touches to the script and funding options were discussed. Excited to see this going again!

Despite his enormously busy schedule, award-winning screenwriter and producer, Daniel Hogg of Hogg Wild films, will be acting as Executive Producer on my production. His ten-plus years of film experience in Victoria, BC is invaluable to this project, and I could not be more stoked to hear what he’ll have about the script.

After some careful consideration, Arnold and I have decided to step back from casting calls in BC and return to story analysis of the script. Although as the screenwriter for WSP I believe that the current story works, both Arnold and I think that reducing the page count will increase the script’s chance for success.
Have a few...